China Steel Threaded Rod: Prelim Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel threaded rod from China (A-570-932) (here). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from eight exporters that was entered April 2014 through March 2015.
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Liquidation 'As Entered' for Entries from Exporters Not Subject to Review
Only the eight exporters for which an administrative review was requested are still covered by this review. Cash deposit rates for all other exporters will not change. Commerce ordered liquidation "as entered" for entries during the period of review from all exporters not under review (here). In these preliminary results, Commerce is also ending the review for 83 companies that had their requests for review withdrawn.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Once Commerce issues its final results, new AD duty cash deposit requirements may take effect for some companies, beginning on the date of publication of the final results in the Federal Register. If the RMB/IFI Group continues to get a zero percent AD rates in the final results, it will not be subject to AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice.
| Exporter | AD Rate (Prelim) |
|---|---|
| IFI & Morgan Ltd. and RMB Fasteners Ltd. | zero |
| Zhejiang New Oriental Co., Ltd. | 12.1% |
China-wide rate. The other six companies still subject to this review did not demonstrate independence from Chinese government control, and are preliminarily being assigned the 206% China-wide rate. These companies are: Brother Holding Group Co., Ltd.; Jiaxing Xinyue Standard Part Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Heiter Industries Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Heiter MFG & Trade Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Junyue Standard Part Co., Ltd.; and Zhejiang Morgan Brother Technology Co., Ltd.
Assessment Rates
As part of this administrative review, Commerce will also calculate final AD duty assessments on importers of subject merchandise exported by the companies under review that was entered between April 1, 2014 and May 31, 2015. If these preliminary results are confirmed in the final results, importers of subject merchandise exported by the RMB/IFI Group and entered during the period under review will not be assessed AD duties. Importers of subject merchandise from Zhejiang New Oriental would be assessed AD duties at importer-specific rates. Importers of subject merchandise from the China-wide companies would be assessed AD duties at the 206% China-wide rate.
(The period of review is 04/01/14 -- 05/31/15. See notice for additional information, including the scope of the order, potential cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Jerry Huang (202) 482-4047
(Federal Register 05/13/16)